| Seth-Peribsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Peribsen, Ash-Peribsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Stone vase of Seth-Peribsen with the inscription "tribute of the people of Sethroë", National Archaeological Museum (France). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | length of reign unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | uncertain; Wadjenes, Senedj, Sekhemib or Nynetjer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | uncertain; Senedj, Sekhemib or Khasekhemwy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Children | Shepset-ipet ? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial | Tomb 'P' at Abydos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | 2nd Dynasty; around 2740 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seth-Peribsen (also known as Ash-Peribsen, Peribsen and Perabsen) is the serekh name of an early Egyptian monarch (pharaoh), who ruled during the Second Dynasty of Egypt (c. 2890 – c. 2686 BC).[1] His chronological position within this dynasty is unknown and it is disputed who ruled both before and after him. The duration of his reign is also unknown.[2]
Peribsen's name is unusual, in that Set, not Horus, was his patron deity. This goes against the Egyptian tradition of a king choosing the falcon-shaped deity Horus as his royal patron.
Peribsen's tomb was discovered in 1898 at Abydos. It was well preserved and showed traces of restoration undertaken during later dynastic periods.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
shawwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Thomas Schneider: Lexikon der Pharaonen. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3, p. 195.
- ^ Laurel Bestock: The Early Dynastic Funerary Enclosures of Abydos. In: Archéo-Nil. Vol. 18, 2008, ISSN 1161-0492, p. 42–59.